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The Starlost (1973)

by: Wes Robert Ward

Publication date: 1973-09-22

Topics: Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, and Robin Ward

Language: English

Foreseeing the destruction of the Earth, humanity builds a multi-generational starship called Earthship Ark, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 200 miles (320 km) long. The ship contains dozens of biospheres, each kilometres across and housing people of different cultures; their goal is to find and seed a new world of a distant star. In 2385, more than one hundred years into the voyage, an unexplained accident occurs, and the ship goes into emergency mode, whereby each biosphere is sealed off from the others.

In 2790, four hundred and five years after the accident, Devon (Keir Dullea) a resident of Cypress Corners, an agrarian community with a culture resembling that of the Amish, discovers that his world is far larger and more mysterious than he had realized. Considered an outcast because of his questioning of the way things are, especially his refusal to accept the arranged marriage of his love Rachel (Gay Rowan) to his friend Garth (Robin Ward), Devon finds the Cypress Corners elders have been deliberately manipulating the local computer terminal, which they call "The Voice of The Creator". The congregation pursues Devon for attacking the elders and stealing a computer cassette on which they have recorded their orders, and its leaders plot to execute him, but the elderly Abraham, who also questions the elders, gives Devon a key to a dark, mysterious doorway, which Abraham himself is afraid to enter. The frightened Devon escapes into the service areas of the ship and accesses a computer data station that explains the nature and purpose of the Ark and hints at its problems.

When Devon returns to Cypress Corners to tell his community what he has learned, he is put on trial for heresy and condemned to death by stoning. Escaping on the night before his execution with the aid of Garth, Devon convinces Rachel to come with him, and Garth pursues them. When Rachel refuses to return with Garth, he joins her and Devon. Eventually they make their way to the ship's bridge, containing the skeletal remains of its crew. It is badly damaged and its control systems are inoperative. The three discover that the Ark is on a collision course with a Class G star similar to the Sun, and realize that the only way to save The Ark and its passengers is to find the backup bridge and reactivate the navigation and propulsion systems. Occasionally, they are aided by the ship's partially functioning computer system.

THE STARLOST CAST LIST:

EPISODE 1: VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Jeremiah: Sterling Hayden

Old Abraham: Gillie Fenwick

Jubal: George Sperdakos

Rachel's Father: Sean Sullivan

Rachel's Mother: Aileen Seaton

Garth's Father: Jim Barron

Garth's Mother: Kay Hawtrey

Small Village Boy: Scott Fisher

EPISODE 2: LAZARUS FROM THE MIST

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Dr. Gerald Aaron: Frank Converse

Jane Aaron: Vivian Reid

The Sergeant: Doug McGrath

1st Tube Dweller: Clive Endersby

2nd Tube Dweller: Alan Bleviss

EPISODE 3: THE GODDESS CALABRA

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

The Governor: John Colicos

Shaliff: Barry Morse

Priest: Dominic Hogan

Captain of the Guards: Michael Kirby

1st Soldier: Peter Langley

2nd Soldier: Ardon Bess

Deputy: George Narkowych

EPISODE 4: THE PISCES

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Colonel M. P. Garroway: Lloyd Bochner
Captain Janice: Diana Barrington

Teale: Carole Lazare

Old Man: Ted Beatie

Old Woman: Lillian Graham

EPISODE 5: CHILDREN OF METHUSELAH

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Captain/#1: David Tyrrell

#2: Michael Tough

#4 (Jacob): Scott Fisher

#5 (Sarah): Susan Stacy

#6: Ricky O'Neill

#7: (David): Mark Lynas

#10 (Elizabeth): Gina Dick

#13 (Devon): ?

#3, 8-9, 14-20: ?

EPISODE 6: AND ONLY MAN IS VILE

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Dr. Asgard: Simon Oakland

Dr. Diana Tabor: Irena Mayeska

Lethe: Trudy Young

Village Elder: Tim Whelan

Village Man: John Bethune

EPISODE 7: THE ALIEN ORO

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Oro of Xar: Walter Koenig

Idona/Egreck 419B2: Alexandra Bastedo

EPISODE 8: THE CIRCUIT OF DEATH

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

I. A. Richards: Percy Rodrigues

Valerie Richards: Nerene Virgin

Security Guard Cort: Calvin Butler

EPISODE 9: GALLERY OF FEAR

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Magnus: Allen Stewart Coates

Daphne: Angel Tompkins

Admiral Austin: William Clune

Monster Devon: Danny Hodgkins

EPISODE 10: MR SMITH OF MANCHESTER

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

President Mr. Smith: Ed Ames

Trent: Pat Galloway

Smith's Secretary: Pattie Elsasser

Old Nurse: Doris Petrie

City Man (Bring Out Your Dead): Les Rubie

EPISODE 11: THE ASTRO-MEDICS

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Dr. Christopher Trask: Stephen Young

Dr. Martin Trask: Budd Knapp

Dr. Jean Pelletier: Meg Hogarth

Astro-Medic Captain: Bill Kemp

Alien Ship Commander: Michael Zenon

Astros-Medic Astrogator: David Mann

EPISODE 12: THE IMPLANT PEOPLE

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Queen Serina: Pat Collins

Advisor Roloff: Donnelly Rhodes

Councillor Dumal: Dino Narizzano

Professor Brant: Leo Leyden

Jardy: Jeff Toner

EPISODE 13: THE RETURN OF ORO

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Oro of Xar: Walter Koenig

Tau Zeta (voice): Pat Moffatt

Tau Zeta (body): Phillip Stephens

Williams: Henry Beckman

Earthship Ark Computer: Jim Barron

EPISODE 14: FARTHING'S COMET

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Dr. Linus Farthing: Edward Andrews

Dr. McBride: Linda Sorensen

Earthship Ark Computer: Allen Stewart Coates

EPISODE 15: THE BEEHIVE

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Dr. Peter Marshall: William Hutt

Dr. Heather Marshall: Antoinette Bower

Harry Keeble: John Friesen

Ron Callisher: Alan McRae

EPISODE 16: SPACE PRECINCT

Devon: Keir Dullea

Rachel: Gay Rowan

Garth: Robin Ward

Sphere Projector: William Osler

Chief Rafe Masters: Ivor Barry

Teck the Technician: Diane Dewey

Mike: Richard Alden

Reena: Nuala Fitzgerald

EPISODE 17: LANDO'S RUN

Devon: Keir Dullea (also Jim Varney)

Rachel: Gay Rowan (also Bette Davis)

Garth: Robin Ward (also Max Baer 'Jethro Clampett’ voice only)

Sphere Projector: William Osler (also some hairy looking ZZTop Dude)

Lando Calrissian: Billy Dee Williams

Oro of Xar (also Chekov): Walter Koenig

Tau Zeta (voice): Pat Moffatt

Tau Zeta (body): Phillip Stephens

Commander Ugly: Michael Zenon

Commander Wedge Antilles: Denis Lawson

Smith's Secretary: Pattie Elsasser

Dr. Smith: Jonathan Harris

Robot from Lost In Space(voice only): Dick Tufeld

Hal 9000 (voice only): Douglas Rain

1st Interrogator: ?

2nd Interrogator: ?

Billy's Lady Friend: ?

Nien Nunb (voice): Mike Quinn

Nien Nunb (body): Richard Bonehill

Williams: Henry Beckman

Xar Command (voice only): Jim Barron

Houston NASA Controller (voice only): ?

Marcia Brady (also #10 Elizabeth): Gina Dick

With the voice talents of Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Jim Carrey, James Doolittle, Tom Hanks, DeForest Kelly, Foghorn Leghorn, Walter Matthau, Ricardo Montalban, Nichelle Nichols, Leslie Nielsen, Leonard Nimoy, Eve Plumb, Priscilla Presley, Estelle Reiner, Little Richard, Meg Ryan, William Shatner, and George Takei.